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FILE - A doctor checks a child, who is suffering from gastroenteritis due to hot weather, at a hospital in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on May 23, 2024. A new study by the United Nations children’s agency released on Friday May 31, 2024 says developing resilient energy systems to power health facilities in Pakistan could avert over 175,000 deaths by 2030. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih, File)
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Improving energy resilience in Pakistan could avert 175,000 deaths by 2030, UNICEF says

The study, conducted by UNICEF’s Economist Impact Unit, comes as Pakistan is experiencing a heatwave that has sickened thousands of people.

Pakistan is the world's fourth-largest mango producer but recent weather changes have upended the industry (AFP)
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Pakistan farmers pin poor mango crop on climate change

Pakistan mango farmers are blaming climate change for the parasites and extreme weather ruining much of this season's crop.

Natural gas emits less carbon dioxide than most other fossil fuels, but methane leaks from the gas industry are a key component of climate change (AFP)
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Asia gas expansion threatens green transition: report

Southeast Asia has existing plans that project a doubling of gas-fired power capacity, and an 80 percent increase in LNG import capacity.

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Clean Prosperity: Nuclear energy could help Canada achieve net-zero, but problems need solving first

A report by Clean Prosperity recommends how Canada can solve the problems of high costs and policy uncertainty that can get in the...

Researchers said interventions to reduce exposure to air pollution, such as low emissions zones, could potentially improve mental health (Yui Mok/PA)
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‘Low emission zones could reduce mental health problems’

Babies who are exposed to air pollution while in the womb may be more likely to have mental health problems when they are...

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Introducing auctioning to China’s emissions trading system: IEA

The International Energy Agency examines how introducing auctioning to China's emissions trading system could make it more effective and accelerate progress.

A woman wades through floodwaters in Garissa, Kenya earlier this month (AFP)
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El Nino not responsible for East Africa floods, say scientists

The El Nino weather pattern did not have "any influence" on widespread flooding in East Africa this year, an expert group of scientists...

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center and Preserve in Palo Alto, Calif., June 19, 2023. Biden talked about climate change, clean energy jobs and protecting the environment. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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‘Green blitz’: As election nears, Biden pushes rules on environment

The limits on emissions from fossil-fueled electric stations are Biden's most ambitious effort yet to roll back pollution

An energy-from-waste plant in Ferrybridge, U.K. Photo by Rose Galloway Green on Unsplash
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Using carbon capture for energy-from-waste: ‘Low-hanging fruit’ for the UK?

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies has published a paper examining the business case for using carbon capture and storage to reduce emissions...

FILE PHOTO: An oil tanker sails on Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Venezuela October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Issac Urrutia/File Photo
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Oil shipments at risk from rising sea levels, think tank warns

Rising sea levels could disrupt crude oil shipments and erode energy security, with the world's biggest terminals vulnerable to flooding

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